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- 481. Ambrose Bierce: RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is ...

- 482. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inh ...

- 483. Ambrose Bierce: RIME, n. Agreeing sounds in the terminals of verse, mostly bad. The verses thems ...

- 484. Ambrose Bierce: R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of _requiescat in pace_, attesting to indolent go ...

- 485. Ambrose Bierce: ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are. In ...

- 486. Ambrose Bierce: RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, ...

- 487. Ambrose Bierce: RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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- 488. Ambrose Bierce: SAFETY-CLUTCH, n. A mechanical device acting automatically to prevent the fall o ...

- 489. Ambrose Bierce: SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous ...

- 490. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familia ...

- 491. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.
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- 492. Ambrose Bierce: SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious. The rite w ...

- 493. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...

- 494. Ambrose Bierce: SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the ...

- 495. Ambrose Bierce: SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authen ...

- 496. Ambrose Bierce: SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For ...

- 497. Ambrose Bierce: SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through s ...

- 498. Ambrose Bierce: SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade ...

- 499. Ambrose Bierce: SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_) with an audibl ...

- 500. Ambrose Bierce: SMITHAREEN, n. A fragment, a decomponent part, a remain. The word is used variou ...

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